## RADLETT AND DISTRICT U3A
## Registered Charity No 1156262
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] AUGUST 2025
## CONTENTS
## 1. Chairmans Report
2. Independent Examiner’s Report
3. Income & Expenditure Account
## 4. Balance Sheet
## **Chairman’s report - year ending August 2025**
Radlett & District U3A is a Registered Charity No 1156262 and has now been running for thirteen years.
It seems a very long time since many of us queued up at Vision Hall to join this organisation which was new to Radlett. Many of us did not know what it was about but we are still here and hopefully it has enriched our lives and we have made really good friendships.
We have had a successful year with the Committee being unchanged from the year before, apart from the position of Group co-ordinator. It seems quite difficult to encourage people to join us. However we all work very well together and support each other and we have had a fruitful year. This also applies to your group leaders, who do a fantastic job of creating interesting meetings.
During the time since lockdown our membership has fluctuated from 850 pre covid to about 690 but it is now going up again to the present level of 730. We are still only taking members within the postcode limits that have been set and this does sometimes cause people to be disappointed, for which we are sorry.
We had a year full of great outings, theatre trips, stately homes and gardens, interesting house talks, quiz and Christmas lunch, tea for our group leaders, with them all hopefully feeling very well supported and valued. We made coffee mornings for our new members as a welcoming gesture. We organised another holiday, this time to Norfolk and it worked out well and hopefully is the first of many future excursions, with the possibility of going further afield. Our monthly meetings, although not quite as well attended as they used to be and we would like them to be, had some really good speakers and it would be great if we could encourage more members to attend. The meetings are always very sociable as well as informative and entertaining and some valuable friendships have been formed. It is often difficult to encourage members to sit down after coffee break as there is so much chat.
I feel very honoured to still be Chairman and will continue to do my best to encourage, support and help our members to make our u3a a very special place.
Adrienne
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF RADLETT AND DISTRICT U3A ON ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31sr AUGUST 2025**
**I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31" August 2025 which are set out on the attached pages**
## **Respective responslbllltles of trustees and examiner**
**The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts and report. The charity's trustees consider that an audit Is not required for this year (under section 144(2) of the Charities** Act **2011 (the Charities Act), and that an independent examination is needed**
## **It Is my responsibility to:**
- **1 examine the accounts (under section 145 of the Charities Act)**
**11 to follow the procedures laid down In General Dlrecuons given by the Charities Commissioners (under secUon 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act). and**
**Ill to state whether particular matters have come to my attention**
## **Baals of Independent examiner's statement**
**My examination was carried out In accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission.** An **examination lnciudes a review of the accounUng records kept by the charity, and a comparison of the accounts presented wtth those records.** It **also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explanation from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all evidence that would be required In an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on whether the accounts present a "true and fair' view and Iha report Is limited to those matters set out In the statement below.**
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
**In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention**
- **1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that In any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:**
**I proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act): and**
**Ii accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of Iha Charities Act: or**
**2 to which, In my opi attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be ached.**
**Peter 8rvward Independent Examiner 8 Homefleld Road Radlett Herts WD78PY**
## **Date: 28th October 2025**
## **RADLETT AND DISTRICT U3A**
## **INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st AUGUST 2025**
|**INCOME**
Membership Subscriptions
Gift Aid Claims from HMRC
Bank Interest Received
Groups Total Receipts
Events Total Receipts
Events Receipts for Future Trips
**Total Income**
**EXPENDITURE**
Membership Levy to Third Age Trust
Third Age Trust News - Direct mailing
Speaker Expenses / Fees
Meetings - Room Hire
Meetings - Catering
Administration and Membership Services
Sundry Expenses
Volunteers Cream Tea
Groups Total Payments
Events Total Payments
Events Payments for Future Trips
**Total Expenditure**
**Surplus / (Deficit) for the year**|**Main**
**Account**
**Groups**
**Account**
**Events**
**Account**
**Total**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
£
£
£
£
10,930
10,930
1,414
1,414
372
372
21,376
21,376
53,039
53,039
(7,825)
(7,825)
**12,716**
**21,376**
**45,214**
**79,306**
2,376
2,376
1,224
1,224
7,936
7,936
2,850
2,850
959
959
567
567
530
530
18,720
18,720
52,430
52,430
(8,000)
(8,000)
**16,442**
**18,720**
**44,430**
**79,592**
**(3,726)**
**2,656**
**784**
**(286)**|**Total**
**2024**
£
10,842
1,297
418
17,481
28,879|
|---|---|---|
|||**58,917**
2,840
1,449
1,330
7,560
3,291
878
75
304
15,523
28,574|
|||**61,824**|
|||**(2,907)**|
## **RADLETT AND DISTRICT U3A**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## **AS AT 31st AUGUST 2025**
|**ASSETS**
Bank Current Account
Bank Deposit Account
Events Payments for Future Trips
**LIABILITIES**
Subscriptions Prepaid
Total balances held on Study Groups
Events Receipts for Future Trips
**Assets less Liabilities**
**REPRESENTED BY:**
**ACCUMULATED FUND**
**Funds Brought Forward**
Surplus / (Deficit) for the year
**Funds Carried Forward**|**Main**
**Account**
**Groups**
**Account**
**Events**
**Account**
**Total**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
£
£
£
£
2,230
3,284
6,205
11,719
16,906
7,000
3,000
26,906
8,000
8,000
**19,136**
**10,284**
**17,205**
**46,625**
9,022
9,022
10,284
10,284
7,825
7,825
**9,022**
**10,284**
**7,825**
**27,131**
**10,114**
**-**
**9,380**
**19,494**
13,840
8,596
22,436
(3,726)
784
(2,942)
**10,114**
**-**
**9,380**
**19,494**|**Total**
**2024**
£
17,967
24,534
5,992|
|---|---|---|
|||**48,493**|
|||8,165
7,665
10,227|
|||**26,057**|
||||
|||**22,436**|
|||25,343
(2,907)|
|||**22,436**|
Jeremy Packman Treasurer